in june 2020, RtW Staff Compiled Readings & Action Steps For White Therapists and Other White People

To Help Them Engage in Anti-Racist & Culturally Humble Practices In Their Personal & Professional Lives

This is by NO MEANS an exhaustive list. There is NO “exhaustive” list.

We invite any and all resources you may want to share with us.

Please email Kat Zwick with anything you would like us to add.

Anti-Racism: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - Direct Actions With Dollars

DONATIONS:

• We are continuing to compile.

• Minnesota Freedom Fund: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate

• Black Visions Collective: https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/

• Reclaim Our Block: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4prEeKESHBy0MKXTIcQ2

• CTUL: https://ctul.ourpowerbase.net/civicrm/contribute/transact

• George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd

• Black Lives Matter: http://www.blacklivesmatter.com

• M4BL: http://www.m4bl.org

• Anti-Terror Police Project: http://www.antiterrorpoliceproject.org

• HipHop For Change (Based in Oakland): http://www.hiphopforchange.org

• Standing Rock Sioux Tribe: http://www.standingrock.org

• Food What? : https://www.foodwhat.org/

• Nalgona Positivity Pride: http://www.nalgonapositivitypride.com

• Brown Boi Project: http://www.brownboiproject.org/

BIPOC BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT & INVEST IN:

We are continuing to compile.

Specifically in Santa Cruz:

• Black Owned Santa Cruz: https://www.blackownedsantacruz.org

Black-Owned Banks:

• https://www.watchtheyard.com/life/black-owned-banks/ 

• https://blackoutcoalition.org/black-u-s-banks/  

Black Owned Businesses in California

• https://shoppeblack.us/2018/11/black-owned-businesses-california/

Black Queer & Trans Owned Businesses

• http://blackyouthproject.com/8-black-queer-trans-business-owners-to-know/  

• https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/queer-black-brands-for-the-socially-conscious-fashionista 

  https://www.autostraddle.com/blackout-11-queer-black-owned-businessorganizations-you-can-support-today/

• https://www.dapperq.com/2016/07/10-black-owned-queer-style-companies-support/ 

Invest in institutions supporting communities of color during COVID-19

• https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2020/4/2/the-hardest-hit-who-is-supporting-communities-of-color-during-covid-19 

Invest in companies that support women & people of color

• https://www.blackenterprise.com/invest-companies-support-women-color/

QTPOC National Resources (Support them!)

• https://lgbtq.arizona.edu/qtpoc-national-resources

Ethical Alternatives to Amazon

• https://threshold.us/c/cancelprime/amazon-alternatives 

Anti-Racism: Action Steps You Can Take NOW

26 Ways To Be In The Struggle Beyond The Streets:

• https://issuu.com/nlc.sf.2014/docs/beyondthestreets_final/4?fbclid=IwAR1Jv5XdnsysQbIMFUNaNDB_CCpC2uzuJ_aFLkG2fbiLIef48G9uDpUUxdc  

•  75 Things White People Can do for Racial Justice:

• https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

• Six Ways to be an Anti-Racist

• https://mashable.com/article/how-to-be-antiracist/

•   Join your local chapter of Showing Up for Racial Justice  

• https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/  

• Help out the Resource Center for Nonviolence   

• https://rcnv.org/

More ideas:

• https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/resources-for-white-people-to-learn-and-talk-about-race-and-racism-5b207fff4fc7

Anti-Racism: BIPOC Writers, Educators, and Activists To Follow On Social Media & Websites:*

Scott Woods

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/scott.woods.587

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottwoodssays

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/scottwoodsrules

• Site: https://scottwoodsmakeslists.wordpress.com

• Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scottwoods

  Desiree Lynn Adaway

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/desireeadaway

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/desireeadaway

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/desireeadaway

• Org: https://adawaygroup.com

• Online programs: https://adawaygroup.com/freedom-school

  Roxane Gay

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/roxanegay74

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/rgay

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/roxanegay74

• Site: http://www.roxanegay.com

  Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/tanehisipcoates

• Site: https://ta-nehisicoates.com

• Writings for the Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/ta-nehisi-coates

  Sonya Renee Taylor

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/Sonya-Renee-Taylor-156089958718

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/sonyareneetaylor

• Site: https://www.sonyareneetaylor.com

• Org: https://thebodyisnotanapology.com

  Patrisse Cullors

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=727718905

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/OsopePatrisse

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/Osopepatrisse

• Site: https://patrissecullors.com

• Org: https://twitter.com/ReformLaJails

  Alicia Garza

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/ChasingGarza

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/aliciagarza

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chasinggarza

• Site: https://aliciagarza.com

• Orgs: https://www.instagram.com/blackfutureslab · https://www.instagram.com/domesticworkers

  Khalil Bleux

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/Kbleux

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/kbleux

• Orgs: https://www.instagram.com/thesoulcialworkers · https://www.instagram.com/artsampyouth

  Kelsey Olivia

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/AndShesHere

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andsheshere_

• Site: https://www.kelseyshere.com

• Orgs: https://www.instagram.com/weallwegotsd · https://www.instagram.com/checkpleasesd · https://www.instagram.com/BWSML_

  Kay Ulanday Barrett

• FB: https://www.facebook.com/kulandaybarrett

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/brownroundboi

• Site: http://www.kaybarrett.net/

  Rachel McKibbens

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/RachelMcKibbens

• Insta: https://www.instagram.com/vulturekiss

• Site: http://www.rachelmckibbens.com

Anti-Racism & Unlearning Your Own White Supremacy 101

Note: We believe insight and learning is crucial - however, white insight alone will not dismantle white supremacy.

• We are continuing to compile this section. Check back soon.

• Books**

  • Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

  • So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

  • Between The World & Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

  • How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

  • Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

  • The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism and White Privilege by Robert Jensen

  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

  • Me & White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

  • Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work For Social Justice by Paul Kivel

  • Witnessing Whiteness by Shelley Tochluk

  • Race Talk and The Conspiracy of Silence by Derald Wing Sue

  • Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways To Authentic Relationships Across Race by Frances Kendall

  • Waking Up White And Finding Myself In The Story of Race by Debby Irving

  • Understanding & Dismantling Racism: The 21st Century Challenge to White America by Joseph Bandt

  • Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism & History by Vron Ware and Vikki Kendall

  • White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

  • Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko

  • Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice by Kristin J. Anderson

  • How Jews Became White Folks & What That Says About Race in America by Karen Brodkin

• Articles

  • Always compiling

  • “Dear White Friends” by Elyse Cizek: https://medium.com/@elysecizek/dear-white-friends-335d6088077

  • “The American Nightmare” by Ibram X. Kendi https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/american-nightmare/612457/

  • “How White People Process Being Called Out” by Abigail Libers https://elemental.medium.com/how-white-people-process-being-called-out-cbd94133b261

• Websites

  Harvard Implicit Assumption Tests (IAT) https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html

• Podcasts

  Ibram X. Kendi & Brene Brown on How To Be Antiracist

  • https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocking-us-with-bren%C3%A9-brown/id1494350511?i=1000476611079

• Race Against The Machine

  • https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/raceagainstthemachine

  Layla Saad’s Good Ancestor Podcast

  • http://laylafsaad.com/good-ancestor-podcast

  Ericka Hart’s “From Hoodrat to Headwrap” podcast

  • https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/hoodrat-to-headwrap-a-decolonized-podcast/id1279429651

• Intersectionality Matters! by Kimberle Crenshaw

  • https://aapf.org/podcast

• Literally a list of “White Privilege Podcasts”

  • https://player.fm/podcasts/White-Privilege (Look to the right-hand column on the page)

• Film & Educational Tools:

  • Desiree Adaway - multipleworkshops - http://www.adawaygroup.com

  • Sandra Kim - multiple workshops - http://www.sandrakim.com

  • Ericka Hart - multiple workshops - http://www.ihartericka.com

  • Racial Equality Resource Guide - multiple guides & workshops - http://www.racialequityresourceguide.org/guides/guides-and-workshops

  • Trevor Noah speaking on the murder of George Floyd and our “collective” social contract

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c

  • World Trust: Since 1998, World Trust has worked to advance social justice and racial equity with a strategic focus in Education, Health, Media/Culture, and Technology sectors. 

    • https://www.world-trust.org/

  • Michelle Alexander’s TED Talk on The New Jim Crow:

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ6H-Mz6hgw

  • Understanding/Undoing Racialized Trauma - Free Series from Resmaa Menekem & Cultural Somatics University

    • https://culturalsomaticsuniversity.thinkific.com/courses/cultural-somatics-free-5-session-ecourse

Intersectional Anti-Racism: LGBTQIA+ & White Supremacy Unlearning 101***

• “4 Unique Struggles That Queer and Trans People of Color Have To Deal With” –Joamette Gil

  • https://everydayfeminism.com/2016/01/unique-queer-poc-struggles/

• “How To Be An Ally To Queer People of Color” – Campus Pride

  • https://www.campuspride.org/resources/being-an-ally-to-queer-people-of-color/

• “How White LGBTQIA+ People Can Be More Inclusive of People of Color” – Jarune Uwujaren

  • https://everydayfeminism.com/2013/02/how-white-queers-can-be-more-inclusive-ofqueer-poc/

• “An Open Letter To Gay, White Men: No, You’re Not Allowed To Have A Racial Preference” – Donovan Trott

  • https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/an-open-letter-to-gay-white-men-no-youre-notallowed_us_5947f0ffe4b0f7875b83e459

• “Why Coming Out Has a Different Meaning for Queer/Trans People of Color” – Jonathan P. Higgins

  • https://intomore.com/you/why-coming-out-has-a-different-meaning-for-queertranspeople-of-color/2a9a2ae587754bc4

• “Asexual People of Color on Their Experiences” – Anais Rivero

  • http://affinitymagazine.us/2017/06/04/asexual-people-of-color-on-their-experiences/

• “6 Things Intersex Folks Need to Know About How We Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism” - Pidgeon Pagonis

  • http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/06/intersex-anti-black-racism/

• “Do the Work: This is How You Can Support Trans Women of Color Right Now” – Princess Harmony Rodriguez

  • https://www.bgdblog.org/2015/05/do-the-work-this-is-how-you-can-support-transwomen-of-color-right-now/

• “17 Trans-of-Color Leaders Resisting, Inspiring, and Keeping It Real in 2017” – Alan Peleaz Lopez

  • https://everydayfeminism.com/2017/07/trans-of-color-leaders-inspiring/

• “Resisting Homonationalism” – Anirvan Chatterjee

  • https://medium.com/@anirvan/resisting-homonationalism-9f929c30b8c7

ACTIONS AND LEARNING FOR THERAPISTS

Anti-Racism: White Therapists Treating People of Color

• We are continuing to compile titles.

“6 Crucial Steps to Decolonize Your Therapy Practice” by Shawna Murray-Browne, LCSW-C

• https://kindred-wellness-llc.mykajabi.com/registration-page-ff12f1e5-e06a-46c7-be09-75bb760af249?preview_theme_id=2002175

Decolonize Therapy with Dr. Jennifer Mullan

• https://www.drjennifermullan.com

CE Video: “Moving From Cultural Competence to Anti-Racism”

• https://www.nicabm.com/moving-from-cultural-competence-to-antiracism/

CE Course: “Hey White Therapist, Here’s Where We Start”

• https://courses.clearlyclinical.com/courses/free-ceu-racial-awareness

“Racial Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Implications for Clinical Practice” - Journal Article

• https://www.csufresno.edu/chhs/ccci/documents/Racial%20Microaggressions.pdf

“Considerations In The Treatment of Black Patients by White therapists” - Journal Article

• By Greene, B. A. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0085519

“The Political is Personal: The Essential Obligation of White Feminist Family Therapists to Deconstruct White Privilege” - Journal Article

• By Nocona Pewewardy : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J086v16n01_05

“White Feminist Therapists and Anti-Racism” - Journal Article

• By Elizabeth J. Rave: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J015V09N03_05

“Why I Left My White Therapist” - Magazine Article

• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d7pa5j/why-i-left-my-white-therapist

Author and Drama Therapist Christina Mayor has published many articles on white supremacy & colonialism in the field of psychotherapy. Find her titles in the link below.

• https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8L1TewYAAAAJ&hl=en&fbclid=IwAR3772d19RiIbAznA4cYpnGwtRKHGXnREhOZlWu8b0ovtXtECUMppInVHY8

Addressing Whiteness, Racism, Injustice in Psychotherapy - Journal Article

• https://www.psychotherapy.net/article/racism-white-privilege-psychotherapy

Book: Intersectionality and Relational Psychoanalysis

• https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429344312

White Family Therapists & Racism - Journal Article

• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmft.12330

Should White Privilege Be Listed As An Issue On A Therapist Directory?

• https://www.therapyden.com/news/should-white-privilege-be-listed-as-an-issue-on-a-therapist-directory  

Ways White Therapists Can Use Their Privilege To Help People of Color

• https://www.therapyden.com/news/12-ways-white-therapists-can-use-their-privilege-to-help-people-of-color  

White privilege and counseling: a model for expanding awareness - Journal Article

• https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1035&context=edspec201019

 What White Therapists Need To Understand About Whiteness - Journal Article

• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jmft.12385  

“White Supremacy & Counseling Psychology: A Critical-Conceptual Framework” - Journal Article

• By Patrick R. Grzanka, Kirsten A. Gonzalez, & Lisa B. Spanierman : https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011000019880843

Anti-Racism: White Therapists Treating White Clients:

• We are continuing to compile.

• Decolonize Therapy with Dr. Jennifer Mullan

  • https://www.drjennifermullan.com

• Grzanka, P. R., Gonzalez, K. A., & Spanierman, L. B. (2019). White supremacy and counseling psychology: A critical–conceptual framework. The Counseling Psychologist, 47(4), 478-529. https://doi.org/10.1177/0011000019880843

  • You can request a full-text copy HERE.

• White Therapist Phillip Horner (he/him) - http://www.wholeconnection.org

  • Podcast interview: https://podcast.app/the-group-dynamics-dispatch-p670068/

• Therapist of Color Resmaa Menakem (he/him) - https://www.resmaa.com

  • Book: My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

• Therapist of Color Tada Hozumi (they/them) - www.selfishactivist.com 

  • Post: https://selfishactivist.com/the-connection-between-heart-centredness-empathy-burnout-and-colonization/ 

*Thanks to pal of RtW Josh Samuels (they/them) for compiling all the websites of these folks!

**Some of these resources came to us through the labor of people of color and white allies sharing their resources with us from various sectors of our lives. In particular, we thank Desiree Adaway & Kay Ulanday Barrett.

**Significant number of titles culled from a list provided by Charis Books & More: http://www.charisbooksandmore.com

***Much of this list compiled from https://lgbtq.arizona.edu/